New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Laurie Berkner | “Laurie Berkner Lullabies” (Hear here; MP3) | (Two Tomatoes / Razor & Tie) |
| Black Label Society | “Catacombs of the Black Vatican” (their first album since 2009; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Carlene Carter | “Carter Girl” (songs cover three generations of Carter Family music; guests: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, Elizabeth Cook, etc.; her first album since 2008; Hear here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Colourmusic (Stillwater, Okla.-based experimental rockers) | “May You Marry Rich” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Memphis Industries) |
| Denney and the Jets | “Mexican Coke” (producers: Andrija Tokic, Clear Plastic Masks; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Burger / Limited Fanfare) |
| Delain (Dutch symphonic metallers) | “The Human Contradiction” (Hear here; MP3) | (Napalm) |
| James Durbin (“American Idol” season 10 finalist) | “Celebrate” (first single: “Parachute”; Hear here; MP3) | (Wind-up) |
| EMA (South Dakota singer-songwriter Erika M. Anderson) | “The Future’s Void” (first single: “Satellites”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Matador) |
| The Faint | “Doom Abuse” (first single: “Help in the Head”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (SQE Music) |
| For the Fallen Dreams (Detroit hardcore band) | “Heavy Hearts” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rise) |
| John Frusciante (of Red Hot Chili Peppers) | “Enclosure” (producer: Frusciante; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Record Collection) |
| Greyhounds (Austin-based duo) | “Accumulator” (first single: “What’s on Your Mind”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ardent Music) |
| Highasakite (Norwegian quintet) | “Silent Treatment” (first single: “Since Last Wednesday”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Propeller Recordings) |
| Eric Hutchinson | “Pure Fiction” (first single: “Tell the World”; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (Let’s Break Records / Kobalt) |
| Chuck Inglish (of The Cool Kids) | “Convertibles” (producers: Inglish, Mike Einziger; guests: Mac Miller, Chromeo, Chance the Rapper, Action Bronson, Ab-Soul, Cool Kids bandmate Sir Michael Rocks, etc.; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Federal Prism / Sounds Like Fun) |
| Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey | “Going Back Home” (the former Dr. Feelgood guitarist teams with The Who singer on 11 Johnson originals and a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Chess / Hip-O) |
| Martina McBride | “Everlasting” (covers album; producer: Don Was; guests: Gavin DeGraw, Kelly Clarkson; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Vinyl Recordings / Kobalt Label Services) |
| MercyMe | “Welcome to the New” (producers: David Garcia, Ben Glover; first single: “Shake”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Fair Trade Services) |
| Nostalghia (post-apocalyptic gypsy punk band) | “Chrysalis” (first single: “You + I”; Hear here; MP3) | (110 Records / INgrooves) |
| Joan Osborne | “Love and Hate” (producers: Osborne, Jack Petruzzelli; new single: “Thirsty for My Tears”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Patton Oswalt | “Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time [CD/DVD]” (See here; MP3) | (Comedy Central) |
| Ratking (NYC hip-hop crew) | “So It Goes” (guests: King Krule, Wavy Spice, Salomon Faye; first single: “Canal”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Hot Charity / XL Recordings) |
| Squarepusher x Z-Machines | “Music for Robots” (five-song EP; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp) |
| Todd Terje (Norwegian DJ-producer) | “It’s Album Time” (guest: Bryan Ferry; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3, with a bonus track) | (Olsen) |
More Releases for the Week of April 8, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ronaldo Capetti | “H.I.T.S – Hottest in the Streets [MP3]” (first single: “R.O.L.L.A.”; Hear here) | (Capetti Music, April 9) |
| Dead Fame (Richmond, Va., post-punk group) | “Vicious Design [MP3]” (seven-song EP; Hear here; Read here) | (Human) |
| Duologue (London quintet) | “Memex [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Killing Moon / Wild Game) |
| Froskull (prog-rock band) | “Froskull [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Groovestand Compendium, April 10) |
| GrandEvolution (alt-pop/rock quartet from Worchester, Mass.) | “Hopes and Dreams [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (iamspyder) |
| Incan Abraham (L.A. quartet) | “Tolerance [MP3]” (producer: Lewis Pesacov; first single: “Concorde”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (White Iris) |
| Emm Gryner (three-time Juno Award nominee and former backup vocalist for David Bowie) | “Torrential [MP3]” (producer: Joe Corcoran; guest: Chris Hadfield; first single: “Pioneer”; Hear here) | (Dead Daisy) |
| The Living Statues (Milwaukee rock trio) | “Knockin’ [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (A-Side Worldwide) |
| PUP (Canadian punk-rock band) | “PUP [MP3]” (producer: Dave Schiffman; first single: “Reservoir”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (SideOneDummy) |
| Shades of Fame | “Staying Away [MP3]” (guest: Blind Melon’s Brad Smith; ReverbNation) | (Shades of Fame, April 7) |
| Spectators (indie space dance-funk quintet from Batavia, Ill.) | “Paranoia [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Spectators, April 5) |
| Joshua Sterling | “Rise in Love [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Joshua Sterling) |
| Mac Steven | “When It All Falls Down [MP3]” (first single; ReverbNation) | (MSW Media) |
| Xavier Toscano | “Feels So Good [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Xavier Toscano) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| ABBA | “Waterloo (Deluxe Edition)” (1974 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks, and a DVD of rare and previously unseen TV footage; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Universal, April 7) |
| Ann-Margret | “And Here She Is Again 1961-1962” (two CDs, 49 songs; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine, April 11) |
| Bobby Freeman | “Do You Want To Dance? The Best of 1956-1961” (two CDs, 38 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine, April 11) |
| Groovie Ghoulies | “Flying Saucer Rock-N-Roll!” (a reissue of the first three Groovie Ghoulies 7-inches from the mid-1980s, with three bonus tracks; Vinyl; MP3) | (Green Door Recording Co. / Eccentric Pop) |
| Emmylou Harris | “Wrecking Ball: Deluxe Edition” (1995 album; remastered, with a second CD of previously unreleased material and a DVD containing the documentary “Building the Wrecking Ball”) | (Nonesuch) |
| Wilbert Harrison | “Gonna Tell You a Story: Complete Singles As & Bs 1953-1962” (two CDs, 40 songs; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine, April 11) |
| The Hues Corporation | “Freedom For the Stallion (Expanded Edition)” (1973 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, April 7) |
| Dick Hyman and His Orchestra | “Provocative Piano I & II” (1960, 1961 albums on one CD; remastered; 24 tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Sepia) |
| Chaka Khan | “Chaka (35th Anniversary Edition)” (1978 album; remastered; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, April 7) |
| Evelyn “Champagne” King | “Action: The Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King’ Anthology (The RCA Years 1977-1985)” | (U.K. – Big Break, April 7) |
| Little Eva & Her Girlfriends (feat. Carole King, The Cookies and The Ronettes) | “Doin’ the Locomotion” (25 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine, April 11) |
| Mike + The Mechanics | “Living Years: Deluxe Edition” (1988 album; remastered, with a second CD containing 10 live recordings from 1989 and a new recording of “The Living Years,” plus a 24-page booklet; Read here) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Tony Orlando | “Bless You” (his 1961 debut album, “Bless You and Eleven Other Great Hits,” with five bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine, April 11) |
| Linda Ronstadt | “Duets” (15-song collection of duets with Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Aaron Neville, Frank Sinatra, James Ingram, etc.; Read here; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Phoebe Snow | “Phoebe Snow [Hybrid Stereo SACD]” (1974 album; special mastering by Cohearent Audio‘s Kevin Gray; Read here) | (Analogue Productions) |
| Ray Stevens | “Ahab, Jeremiah, Sgt. Preston and More … The Early Ray Stevens” (31 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine, April 11) |
| Chip Taylor | “Gasoline” (1971 album; remastered; includes his original version of “Angel of the Morning”; Hear here) | (U.K. – Retroworld / Floating World, April 7) |
| Various artists | “Bubbling Under Volume 2” (32 tracks that reached Billboard’s “Bubbling Under” chart from 1961-67; Read here) | (Rare Rockin’) |
| Various artists | “Ultimate Grammy Collection: Classic Pop and Classic R&B” (two CDs, 32 songs) | (Shout! Factory) |
More Releases for the Week of April 8, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Amazing Rhythm Aces | “Stacked Deck [MP3]” (1975 album; includes “Third Rate Romance”), “Too Stuffed to Jump [MP3]” (1976 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Artful Dodger | “Artful Dodger [MP3]” (1975 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Big Mountain | “Unity [MP3]” (1994 album), “Free Up [MP3]” (1997 album) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | “The Essential Blood, Sweat & Tears [MP3]” (32 songs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Car Crash Set | “No Accident [MP3]” (1984 album; Hear here) | (R.D.E.G., April 7) |
| Johnny Cash | “Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town [MP3]” (1987 album), “Boom Chicka Boom [MP3]” (1990 album) | (Mercury Nashville / UMe) |
| Comateens | “Deal With It [MP3]” (1984 album; See here) | (R.D.E.G., April 7) |
| The Cranberries | “To the Faithful Departed [MP3]” (1996 album) | (Island / UMe) |
| Fishbone | “The Essential Fishbone [MP3]” (36 songs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Dan Fogelberg | “The Essential Dan Fogelberg [MP3]” (28 songs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Force M.D.’s | “Love Letters [MP3]” (1983 album), “Touch and Go [MP3]” (1987 album), “Step to Me [MP3]” (1990 album), “For Lovers and Others: Force M.D.’s Greatest Hits [MP3]” (1992 compilation), “Let Me Love You: The Greatest Hits [MP3]” (17 songs) | (Rhino) |
| Sam Kinison | “Louder Than Hell [MP3]” (1986 album), “Have You Seen Me Lately? [MP3]” (1988 album), “Leader of the Banned [MP3]” (1990 album) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Lake | “No Time for Heroes [MP3]” (1984 album; Hear here) | (R.D.E.G., April 7) |
| The Mobiles | “Mobiles [MP3]” (1982 album) | (R.D.E.G., April 7) |
| Bonnie Pointer | “If the Price Is Right: Expanded Edition [MP3]” (1984 album; with nine bonus tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Matthew Sweet | “The Essential Matthew Sweet [MP3]” (33 tracks) | (Volcano / Legacy) |
| Tears For Fears | “Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) [MP3]” (1992 compilation; 23 tracks) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Village People | “Village People [MP3]” (1977 album), “Go West [MP3]” (1979 album) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Bob Welch | “Bob Welch [MP3]” (1981 album), “Eye Contact [MP3]” (1983 album; with three bonus tracks) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Widespread Panic | “The Essential Widespread Panic [MP3]” (28 tracks) | (Volcano / Legacy) |
| Bobby Womack | “Pieces [MP3]” (1978 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Justin Bieber | “Justin Bieber’s Believe [DVD]” (2013 concert film biopic; See here; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| Bobby Darin | “The Bobby Darin Show [DVD]” (three discs; his 1973 NBC variety show featured guest appearances by Peggy Lee, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Helen Reddy, Nancy Sinatra, etc.; he died later that same year; See here; Read here) | (MPI) |
| Doris Day, Frank Sinatra | “Young At Heart [DVD]” (1954 film; See here; Blu-ray) | (Olive Films) |
| Audrey Hepburn | “Sabrina [Blu-ray]” (1954 film; music by Frederick Hollander; See here), “Funny Face [Blu-ray]” (1957 film; music by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin; See here) | (Paramount) |
| Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, et al | “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [DVD]” (2013 film; two discs; Blu-ray + DVD; Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD; Combo Pack with limited-edition book ends) | (New Line Home Video) |
| Graham Parker | “Don’t Ask Me Questions: The Unsung Life of Graham Parker and The Rumour [DVD]” (BBC Four documentary, directed by Michael Gramaglia, includes interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Nick Lowe and Parker himself; Read here) | (Virgil Films and Entertainment) |
| Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kevin Hart | “Grudge Match [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts | “August: Osage County [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Anchor Bay) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of April 8, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Leonard Cohen | “A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen [Kindle]” (author: Liel Leibovitz; Hardcover) | (W.W. Norton & Company, April 7) |
| Elizabeth Lunday | “Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World’s Musical Masters [Kindle]” (Paperback) | (Quirk Books) |
| Bob Marley | “Bob Marley: The Untold Story [Kindle]” (author: Chris Salewicz; Hardcover) | (Faber & Faber) |
| Joe Satriani | “Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir [Kindle]” (co-author: Jake Brown; Hardcover) | (BenBella Books) |
| Paul Stanley (of KISS) | “Face the Music: A Life Exposed [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (HarperOne) |
More Book Releases for the Week of April 8, 2014